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"What the Hell is Wrong with Me!!"

By Pamela Walsh-HoltePublished 5 years ago Updated 4 years ago 1 min read

I don't get it!

How can it be?

What the hell is

wrong with me?

I worked on that "Challenge" every day!

And long through the night.

How could I not,

have gotten it right?

I checked my entry meticulously!

How in the hell,

did the first two words,

escape me?

I'm shell-shocked,

to say the least!

The ringing in my ears

will not cease!

I was sure when I hit submit

I had dotted all i's,

and crossed every t!

How in the hell did I post

to Myself incorrectly!

I mean who does that?

Starts a letter to themselves

addressed Hello self!

Not Hello Self!

As it should be!

Right from the start...

After working so hard

Did I just disqualify me?

I am shook to the core,

No option to edit!

I went ahead and did it!

What the hell

did I hit submit for!

The deadline to enter,

is hours away

I should have took a break

and cleared my head!

But no,

I submitted my entry

with a glaring error instead!

With no one to blame

the reality is stuck

right in my throat!

With the thought

of everyone seeing

that I wrote

a letter to My self

addressed incorrectly!

Is it self-sabotage

subconsciously!

That I myself

may have most certainly

been the one

who disqualified me!

slam poetry

About the Creator

Pamela Walsh-Holte

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